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Joyce Sugg

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23 September 2004

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Giberne, Maria Rosina (1802–1885), artist and convert to Roman Catholicism, was born on 13 August 1802 at Clapton, London, the seventh child of Mark Giberne (d. 1846), a wine merchant, and his wife, Rebecca Sharp (d. 1847). Her father came from French stock: the Huguenot ...

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Katie Donington

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Harry [married name Thresher], Jane (1755/6–1784), Quaker and artist, was born in Jamaica, the daughter of Charity Harry (d. 1793), who was described in a private bill passed in the Jamaica House of Assembly in 1775 as a 'free mulatto woman', and ...

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R. A. Gilbert

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23 September 2004

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23 September 2004

Steiger, Isabelle de [née Isabelle Lace] (1836–1927), artist and theosophist, was born at 2 Canning Street, Liverpool, on 28 February 1836, the daughter of Joshua Lace, a local solicitor. She attended Miss Hackney's day school at Liverpool and Avonbank School, Stratford upon Avon...

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Bernard Aspinwall

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23 September 2004

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23 September 2004

Trail, Ann Agnes [name in religion Agnes Xavier] (1798–1872), Roman Catholic nun and artist, was born on 16 February 1798 at Panbride, Forfarshire, the second of eleven children of the Revd David Trail (1765–1850), minister of Panbride, presbytery of Arbroath, and his wife, ...

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Joanna Jamieson

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23 September 2004

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23 September 2004

Welch, (Grace) Eileen [name in religion Werburg] (1894–1990), Benedictine nun and artist, was born on 17 May 1894 at Beaumont, Sherdington Road, Cheltenham, the eldest of the four children (one brother died aged seven) of John Grindon Welch (1854–1939), gentleman, and his wife, ...

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